The unique story of the "life after death" of the Buryat lama began in 2002, after the third exhumation of Khambo Lama Itigelov (1852-1927). Before starting his last meditation, Itigelov told his disciples that he was going to leave this world, and asked to be taken out of the grave in 75 years and made sure that he continues to live. The last words of Khambo Lama Itigelov were: "I will return to you in 75 years."
As reported in The Epoch Times, after the opening of the sarcophagus in 2002 in the presence of Russian Buddhist leaders and medical experts, everyone was stunned to find Lama Itigelov still sitting in the same 'lotus position' that he had taken 75 years earlier. than to go into your last meditation. Not only is he perfectly preserved, his body retained all the signs of a living body, such as, for example, soft and elastic skin, mobility of fingers and elbow joints. After the llama was removed from the box in which he was buried, his body remained in a seated position without any attachments or supports.
Almost nine years have passed since the "return" of the lama, and his body, the biological age of which is approaching 160 years, is now in the Ivolginsky datsan, in a glass sarcophagus, in which neither temperature nor humidity is regulated. His body still does not show any signs of decay, which has been confirmed by many experts from various countries, who have come to the conclusion that Itigelov's body meets all the criteria for a living person's body. It was also confirmed that the body was neither mummified nor embalmed.
Almost constantly near the teacher is his chief superintendent, Bimbo Lama. After a certain time, according to the season, he changes his clothes, and by this period the joints become more mobile. The Bimbo Lama noted that when dressing, "a fragrance emanates from the body of the Lama."
During the main Buddhist celebrations, seven times a year, religious pilgrims, the number of which is increasing every year, have the opportunity to see the body of Khambo Lama Itigelov, which, according to AA Kocharov, a master of Buddhist tanka painting, every year “everything looks better.
This was confirmed by Yanzhima Vasilyeva, director of the Itigelov Institute. She told a reporter for The Epoch Times: “Change is happening all the time. Lama's complexion is changing, and in 2005, the head of Mongolian Buddhists, Khambo Lama Choijamts, noted that Khambo Lama Itigelov's hair had grown and turned black."
During ceremonial services, his face is covered with beads of sweat, which are wiped off by the keepers. At this time, many believers see the open eyes of Khambo Lama Itigelov. “Once I also saw his open eyes,” shared Yanzhima Dabaevna, whose great-grandmother was the Lama's older sister.
Vasilyeva also said that on the first day of the II conference "The Phenomenon of Khambo Lama Itigelov" in 2009, the three highest Buddhist hierarchs of Russia, Mongolia and North India measured the body temperature of Khambo Lama Itigelov. “The hierarchs told the conference participants that it had reached 34 degrees. In a normal state, the temperature ranges from 18 to 23 degrees,”added Yanzhima Dabaevna.
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Scientists and religious experts are trying to unravel the mystery of Itigelov's body. At the 1st international conference "The Global Phenomenon of XII Khambo Lama Itigelov and the Problem of Immortality", which was held in 2006 in Moscow, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences of the Dubna University Boris Bolshakov reported on the results of the latest scientific research carried out with using methods of infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance. Scientists reaffirmed that the protein structure of Itigelov's body corresponded to that of a living person. Thus, it was officially confirmed that 80 years after the death of Itigelov, all the vital functions of the cells of his body remained active, and the nuclei of the cells remained alive and intact.
Bolshakov also noted that although in summer the heat in Buryatia reaches 40 degrees and there are no refrigeration units in this "primitive sarcophagus", Itigelov's body does not rot or decay. “All visitors testify that they experience a powerful heat flow emanating from Itigelov's body. Moreover, his face is covered with sweat, that is, there is a loss of energy. But the weight remains,”the scientist states.
According to the report of the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Kursakin, scientists have recorded the activity of Itigelov's hypothalamus, as well as the frequency of electromagnetic oscillations emanating from the body of the Lama. Academician Kursakin added that the blood pressure he measured for Lama Itigelov was 80 to 30, and that it changes depending on the weather. He also said that “there is also blood in the body of Hambo Lama! True, it turned from liquid to jelly-like."
Professor Bolshakov admitted that he does not know “a single fact of a person's life after his physical death, officially registered by the forensic medical examination in the state document. Not only in the history of Buddhism, but also in the history of mankind in general."
In 2009, at the II international conference "Phenomenon XII Pandito Khambo Lama Itigelov" I. V. Tikhonov from St. Petersburg in his report "The Philosophical Aspect of the Phenomenon of Khambo Lama Itigelov" noted: "From the point of view of the generally accepted view of the surrounding world, such a biological object as the incorruptible body of Khambo Lama Itigelov cannot exist. Nevertheless, this object exists and is constantly present in our world."
Some scientists call this state of the human body anabiosis. However, regardless of the name, modern science is powerless to explain this phenomenon. “The universal importance of the phenomenon of Khambo Lama Itigelov,” said Tikhonov, “consists precisely … in the destruction of the prevailing ideas about the world and in the realization of the need to build a new picture of the world around, taking into account the existence of the imperishable body of Khambo Lama Itigelov.”
The spiritual leader of Tibet, Dalai Lama XIV, said in this regard in an interview with the weekly Argumenty i Fakty (No. 14, 2003): “… many Buddhist monks experience death by dying during meditation, thus freeing themselves from earthly existence. They can meditate for decades and their bodies do not decay. An example of this is a meditating lama in Buryatia, whose body has been incorruptible for 75 years already …"
According to Lama Ayusheyev, the return of Khambo Lama Itigelov “… strengthened the faithful, the doubters got rid of doubts, the atheists made them think …”
As Yanzhima Dabaevna Vasilyeva said, “when you come a little closer to understanding that out of compassion for us he left his body to support us, it’s just amazingly strong. As we now state, we live in the phenomenal world of Khambo Lama Itigelov."
Message from Khambo Lama Itigelov to his people
Before leaving, Itigelov left a message to descendants. It was written in Old Mongolian in vertical type and transferred to the Ivolginsky Datsan from Inner Mongolia of China in 1996.
Below are excerpts from the recently published "Message from Hambo Lama Itigelov to his people."
The wealth of a young man consists only in the early accumulation of benefits. Be clean in the midst of a sea of mud in a dangerous and troubled time …
It is difficult to find the one who has found precious human freedom! Having met the precious Teachings of the Buddha is hard to find!
During a lonely departure to the next world, All your wealth, relatives, loved ones will not follow you, Remaining on the home side.
Wealth, insanely accumulated, Will turn into a special poison, and become useless. This is what all previous Buddhas taught.
Having dispassionately studied earthly life, start from today the “Practice of the Ten Good Acts” - immediately!
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June 24 - 25, 2011 in the Ivolginsky datsan "Khambyn Sume" (Republic of Buryatia of the Russian Federation) will host the III international conference "Phenomenon XII Pandito Khambo Lama Itigelov"
Natalia Teplitskaya